richard baraniuk rice university open access education building communities and sharing knowledge
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Richard Baraniuk Rice University
Open Access EducationBuilding Communities
and Sharing Knowledge
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Bonvin, Still Life with Book, Papers and Inkwell, 1876
motivation – 1999
difficult to connect across concepts, courses, grades, curricula
– ex: mathematics <> engineering <> technology <> policy– K <> 12 <> college <> graduate school <> lifelong learning– curricular stove-piping– disintegration of ideas
difficult to build communities, collaborations among experts, faculty, students– many potential authors shut out– inefficient: no economies of scale– glacial time scales of development and updating
high cost and limited access of high-quality textbooks and learning materials
motivation – 1999
difficult to connect across concepts, courses, grades, curricula
– ex: mathematics <> engineering <> technology <> policy– K <> 12 <> college <> graduate school <> lifelong learning– curricular stove-piping– disintegration of ideas
difficult to build communities, collaborations among experts, faculty, students– many potential authors shut out– inefficient: no economies of scale– glacial time scales of development and updating
high cost and limited access of high-quality textbooks and learning materials
motivation – 1999
difficult to connect across concepts, courses, grades, curricula
– ex: mathematics <> engineering <> technology <> policy– K <> 12 <> college <> graduate school <> lifelong learning– curricular stove-piping– disintegration of ideas
difficult to build communities, collaborations among experts, faculty, students– many potential authors shut out– inefficient: no economies of scale– glacial time scales of development and updating
high cost and limited access of high-quality textbooks and learning materials
vibrant interactivecommunityconnectedinnovativeup-to-date
inexpensive
createripmixburn
createripmixburn
vibrant interactivecommunityconnectedinnovativeup-to-date
inexpensive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
bookshelf
closed $
slow
page [XML modules]
interconnected global repositoryopen source [Creative Commons license]
freefast
1. liberate course materials
Connexions repository
textbook / course
personalized courses
reuse materials
authorretainstheircopyright
but opensaccessviaopenlicense
200+ million licenses
textmusicaudioimagesvideoart …
open access movement
democratization – knowledge should be free and open to use and re-use
draws inspiration from open-source software Linux, Apache, Mozilla, Firefox
enabled by recent developments in info tech
2. invite participation
日本語
english
Українська
hausa français
español
لعربية
inclusive communities
grassroots networks
organizations
தமி�ழ
knowledge ecosystem
日本語
english
Українська
hausa français
español
لعربيةதமி�ழ
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anyone can become an author…
create
stanfordillinois
michiganwisconsinberkeley
ohio statega tech
uteprice
cambridgenorway
italy
create
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
600,000+ page views per month
many byUS teachersand faculty
but alsoMongolia…
create
Sunil Kumar Singh
create
ripmixburn
anyone can translate, customize, …
rip
Univ. Texas-El Paso
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createrip
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assemble a customized course, …
“For our teachers, one size never fits all”
Jane Goodall International Spokesperson for TWB
mixTeachers Without Borders
mix
Selected Partners
growth
Usage September 2007
600k+ users20 million hits
2.5m page viewsfrom 200 countries
250+ textbooks/courses/collections
4500+ Lego modules (September 2007)
3000 in Science, Technology, Mathematics1500 in Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Business
from authors worldwide
in English, Spanish, French, German Italian, Portuguese, Finnish Chinese, Japanese, Thai Vietnamese …
createripmix
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anyone can print their own textbook
print customized textbooks
modularauthored by communitycontinuously updatedpersonalized on assemblypublished on demand
low costex: 300 page hardbound textbook for $25, not $125(under $15 for 1000+)
sustainability revenue
long tail publishing
publish on demand
changes the economics of publishing
disintermediation“Craig’s List-ization”
long tail
$
HarryPotter
Connexions
university presses
closed, downsized, restructured
Rice University Press (closed – 1996)
University of Idaho Press (closed)Northeastern University Press (closed)University of Georgia Press (downsized)University of Iowa Press (downsized)University of Washington Press (downsized)Texas Tech University Press (downsized)Stanford University Press (restructured)University of Michigan Press (restructured)
rice university press
Rice University Press reopened and reinvented as all digital press within Connexions (2007)
RUP collaborations/joint publications
– Stanford University Press– Smithsonian Press– Long Tail Press
– University of Michigan Press– Chicago University Press– Columbia University Press– Texas Medical Center– National Academies– Carnegie Foundation– Hewlett Foundation
$10 + shipping
quality
createripmixburn
quality controlinclusive, open-contribution policy
quality controlinclusive, open-contribution policy
quality controlinclusive, open-contribution policy
PLAGIARIZED!
quality controlinclusive, open-contribution policy
quality control
Connexions: inclusiveopen-contribution policy
how to find high quality materials?
what is quality? who decides? who is the expert?must be scalable
peer review Wikipedia bloggers
lenses
social software for quality control inspiration:
cnx.org/lenses/johnDoe
msu.edu/cnx
IEEE.org/cnx
initiatives
createripmixburn
CNX current initiatives
open-source toolsXML authoring, course-building, quality control lenses, printingdistributed and federated repositories (CNX as a platform)
outreachUSA, Latin America, China (OOPS), Japan (TI), Vietnam (VEF) North Korea (PUST)
content projectsK-12 textbooks and teacher materials “top 10” community college coursesopen textbooks for colleges worldwideuniversity press consortiumcorporate knowledge management, education, and training
create rip mix burn
the road
createripmixburn
textbook pipeline
authoring
editing
quality control
publishing
distribution
open education ecosystem
authoring
editing
quality control
publishing
distribution
feedbackpeersuserslearning
Web 1.0 OER 1.0broadcastaccess
Web 2.0 OER 2.0remixcommunity
Web 3.0 OER 3.0feedbackintelligent
Web 1.0 OER 1.0broadcastaccess
Web 2.0 OER 2.0remixcommunity
Web 3.0 OER 3.0feedbackintelligent
Web 1.0 OER 1.0broadcastaccess
Web 2.0 OER 2.0remixcommunity
Web 3.0 OER 3.0feedbackintelligent
increasing openness
transparency
adding value
publishers as RedHats
adding value to open materials
hyperlocality
the new newspaper industry
1. involve reader in every aspect of the process
2. hyperlocal editionsCincinnati Enquirer:
from 1 metro edition to 270 niche publicationsw/ user generated content
[Wired August 2007]
marthapedia
“If you know how to take red wine out of a white cloth napkin better than I do, then that’s good to know.
We’ll be editing user content and it won’t be as freewheeling as Wikipedia. You really have to monitor this.”
[Wired August 2007]
dangers
fragmentation due to incompatible
IP
technology
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